Bob Hartman – Agile For Allhttps://agileforall.com
Agile and Scrum consulting firm dedicated to Making Agile a RealityMon, 17 Dec 2018 15:44:48 +0000en-UShourly185668473An Agile Lesson from the Movie “City Slickers”https://agileforall.com/agile-lesson-movie-city-slickers/
https://agileforall.com/agile-lesson-movie-city-slickers/#respondMon, 23 Oct 2017 17:50:17 +0000http://agileall.staging.wpengine.com/?p=5663As an Agile trainer and coach, I have worked with hundreds of companies over the past 10 years. After reflecting back on my interactions with all these companies, I have found there is a strong correlation between a single decision companies make and how much dysfunction there is in the company.

]]>https://agileforall.com/agile-lesson-movie-city-slickers/feed/05672Peter Drucker ’s view is integral to the values of Scrumhttps://agileforall.com/peter-drucker-s-view-is-integral-to-the-values-of-scrum/
https://agileforall.com/peter-drucker-s-view-is-integral-to-the-values-of-scrum/#commentsWed, 23 Mar 2016 01:26:05 +0000http://agileforall.com/?p=4869Peter Drucker said, “Concentration is the key to economic results. No other principles of effectiveness is violated as constantly today as the basic principle of concentration.” Many years later, Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle, wrote the first book about Scrum titled “Agile Software Development with Scrum.” In Chapter 9 they mentioned five Scrum values, one of which

]]>https://agileforall.com/peter-drucker-s-view-is-integral-to-the-values-of-scrum/feed/64869Peter Drucker understood agile leadership and agility before it even existed!https://agileforall.com/peter-drucker-understood-agile-leadership-and-agility-before-it-even-existed/
https://agileforall.com/peter-drucker-understood-agile-leadership-and-agility-before-it-even-existed/#commentsMon, 16 Nov 2015 19:52:15 +0000http://www.agileforall.com/?p=4407Management and leadership in the 21st century need to be significantly different or businesses will be left behind. People recognize this and management is slowing changing from what has been known as “Taylorism” or “scientific management” to something that has a variety of names, but the easiest one for me to relate to

]]>https://agileforall.com/peter-drucker-understood-agile-leadership-and-agility-before-it-even-existed/feed/14407Agile For All adds three new members to the teamhttps://agileforall.com/agile-for-all-adds-three-new-members/
https://agileforall.com/agile-for-all-adds-three-new-members/#commentsMon, 02 Mar 2015 18:30:38 +0000http://www.agileforall.com/?p=2562In case you missed the press release, Peter Green, Adobe Systems Agile Transformation Leader, will join our Agile For All team on March 16th. I am personally excited about Peter’s amazing contributions to the Agile community and his enterprise level experience. I’m also excited to say that Peter isn’t the only one joining the team!

https://agileforall.com/agile-for-all-adds-three-new-members/feed/32562Agile and Scrum training the Agile For All wayhttps://agileforall.com/agile-and-scrum-training-the-agile-for-all-way/
https://agileforall.com/agile-and-scrum-training-the-agile-for-all-way/#respondThu, 05 Feb 2015 23:00:03 +0000http://www.agileforall.com/?p=2513Take a moment to consider the last time you were in any sort of training environment. Were the tables set up “classroom style” so everyone faced forward in rows? Did the instructor read a lot of PowerPoint slides? Perhaps the room was even dark so everyone could see the PowerPoint better. Maybe you were lucky

]]>https://agileforall.com/agile-and-scrum-training-the-agile-for-all-way/feed/02513Looking Back at the Past Two Yearshttps://agileforall.com/looking-back-at-the-past-two-years/
https://agileforall.com/looking-back-at-the-past-two-years/#respondFri, 12 Sep 2014 21:30:03 +0000http://www.agileforall.com/?p=2406I want to start this post by thanking Eric Englemann (yes, that is him above!), the CEO of one of our awesome clients, Geonetric. Almost two years ago he took a huge risk and completely changed their corporate structure. But he didn’t stop there, he committed to letting the world know

]]>https://agileforall.com/looking-back-at-the-past-two-years/feed/02406With apologies to Bill Engvall, ScrumMasters, here’s your sign!https://agileforall.com/with-apologies-to-bill-engvall-scrummasters-heres-your-sign/
https://agileforall.com/with-apologies-to-bill-engvall-scrummasters-heres-your-sign/#commentsTue, 03 Jan 2012 17:48:05 +0000http://www.agileforall.com/?p=1897Have you ever had one of those days when you wondered if your ScrumMaster was on crack? Or maybe you’re the ScrumMaster and the you wonder why you are doing what you’re doing! I think we’ve all been there, so this post is for

]]>https://agileforall.com/with-apologies-to-bill-engvall-scrummasters-heres-your-sign/feed/41897Agile Practitioners Aren’t Supposed to Use Flamethrowers – Are They?https://agileforall.com/agile-practitioners-arent-supposed-to-use-flamethrowers-are-they-2/
https://agileforall.com/agile-practitioners-arent-supposed-to-use-flamethrowers-are-they-2/#commentsThu, 22 Dec 2011 17:38:41 +0000http://www.agileforall.com/?p=1865Have you ever been in a flamethrower war? I sincerely hope you have never been in one like the picture, but if you have been there serving for the US armed forces, then thank you for what you did for our country! Most of

]]>https://agileforall.com/agile-practitioners-arent-supposed-to-use-flamethrowers-are-they-2/feed/32030As a ScrumMaster silence can be golden!https://agileforall.com/as-a-scrummaster-silence-can-be-golden-2/
https://agileforall.com/as-a-scrummaster-silence-can-be-golden-2/#commentsMon, 19 Dec 2011 17:10:09 +0000http://www.agileforall.com/?p=1852I love it when someone who was in one of my workshops sends me a message saying something from the workshop worked well for them. Recently I have started telling people in my Certified ScrumMaster training workshops that far too many ScrumMasters talk

]]>https://agileforall.com/as-a-scrummaster-silence-can-be-golden-2/feed/42029An Agile Merry Christmas 2010!https://agileforall.com/an-agile-merry-christmas-2010/
https://agileforall.com/an-agile-merry-christmas-2010/#commentsFri, 24 Dec 2010 18:35:24 +0000http://www.agileforall.com/?p=1745Are you feeling the Christmas spirit yet? I know not everyone celebrates Christmas, so if that isn’t the holiday for you, think about your equivalent, or just think about going to your personal happy place. Are you feeling it yet? I know I’m in the Christmas